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    Arrow Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Designated D2 Swingate, Heavy Anti-Aircraft Site Situated at Wanstone Farm. This site was paired with another four gun site a few hundred yards away, and was run as an eight gun battery. At the start of WW2 it was equipped with four 3.7" Mobile guns. Later upgraded to 5.25" fixed units.
    Manned by 233 Battery, 75th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA). Until the end of the Battle of Britain, and later by members of the Canadian 296th, 349th and 18th AA Regiments. It's arc of fire was limited by it's proximety to the Swingate Chain Home Pylons, but nevertheless is credited with many 'kills'.
    No.2 magazine.


    Battery control room.


    No.1 magazine, blackboard.


    One of the four gun-pits.


    No.1 magazine.




    Perimeter Fence


    Remains of Nissen Hut.


    The road home.

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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    That's just excellent :-)

    Love the blackboard.
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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Cracking stuff. The blackboard is great, especially with the scratching in the wall above it.

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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Rare to see without any damage, graff tags n the like. Nice one.
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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Very nice stuff indeed mate, just the job

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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    I went back there a couple of days ago to take some pictures of the Battery Control Room and some graffiti in no.2 magazine.










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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    It's a really clean site: Hardly any 'new' graffiti and I can't remember seeing a beer can there either. Original paint in the control room too.

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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Ah good to see a comparison to the one I visited just around the corner from my home..

    http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7457

    Similar sort of state too.. including the old approach road its almost identical

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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Love that blackboard and the WW2 graff, great stuff

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    Default Re: Wanstone Farm AA Site Nr Dover. Nov 09.

    Nice,I like the fact it has'nt been trashed and that the blackboard is still there.
    Move along now,Nothing too see here.

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